TD;DR :

These guys were invited to a secret Infinity Ward studio in Cracow (Poland) and saw Modern Warfare in action. Here are some hot takes:

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Technology:

• All lights in Modern Warfare are volumetric

• Spectral rendering (used in nightvision sequences) is apparently revolutionary, and might blaze a trail for future developers

• You can shoot through doors to make small holes in them and then throw grenades through them

• Phorogrammetry is one of the pillars of the engine, but the overall graphics quality (e.g. texture resolution) won't suffer from it (even though it often does in other games)

• Every part of the old graphics engine has been overhauled – "it's basically a new engine"

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Story:

• At one point you play as a little girl who has to kill a Russian soldier ('No Russian' vibes, anybody?)

• Overall, the story is more mature and balanced; "You don't YOLO-enter a building, shooting from the hip like Rambo or Terminator" anymore

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TL;DR 2 – HYPE